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Made in gb
Shas'la with Pulse Carbine






Looking good!

My hobby ADHD, mostly Necromunda, with a splash of regular 40k... 
   
Made in gb
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Rugby

Cheers guys,,, always appreciate your comments as good ones always inspire me to crack on,,,

Have spent the last couple of evenings working on various internal walls, some further steps and the opposite side landing gear stowage to get an idea of the width. Today spent most of my time converting a chewing gum tub, into my take of an escape pod, as well as mocking up some of the superstructure of where it will mount. Fiddly fun for a wet windy day,,,
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Made in gb
Dakka Veteran




Rugby

More work on the super structure on the opposite side today,, bit of bulk added to the lower quarter as well as beginning some positional thrusters ( we’ll will be when I finish them ) inspiration taken from directions nozzle for take off and landing like a harrier jump jet.
So the second window will form a second crew cabin and then there will be a small tool weapon store before the cargo bay starts,,, this will lead to the engine room and will give a real idea of size
struggling with ideas for the front though, lounge is taking shape and thinking a couple more cabins but the cockpit and canopy style is where I’m really stumped,,,,,
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Made in gb
Dakka Veteran




Rugby

So having ran into a mental block on how the mid section will interface with the cargo bay I’ve made a start on the second landing leg which is identical to the first,,also building some of the internal details for the cockpit, so far have built pilots chair and control station both of which need the detailing finishing on the sides and rear as well as the addition of some cabling on some of the control surfaces,,next up will be co-pilot/engineers station as well as a comms desk. Also have the beginnings of a twin linked lazer for mounting under the nose which I need to make some sort of interface control seat/chair right at the front of the craft..
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Made in au
Battlewagon Driver with Charged Engine





Bloody hell, that detail work is incredible. So many little worky Gubbins in that control panel.
   
Made in us
[DCM]
Boom! Leman Russ Commander





United States

cody.d. bet me too it- the detail work is incredible and not a glue splotch in sight- simply amazing!

Mental blocks are creative juices pooling, preparing to burst the dam of the cranium- mind yer head don't blow off!

"He fears his fate too much, or his desserts are small, who will not put it to a single touch; to win- or lose- it all."

Montrose Toast


 
   
Made in gb
Dakka Veteran




Rugby

Cheers Cody,,, Meer_cat,,

Enjoying a rainy day off work so have finished off all the detailing on console1 and then console 2 from start to finish as well..
second chair needs a little more detail work to finish but my fingers need a break,,, keep getting cramp,,
the bridge deck area is definitely coming on better than I’d expected. Hoping by the end of my week off to made a lot more progress,,, but I keep seeing the good lady writing lists of jobs,,, so we will have to see,
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Made in gb
Dakka Veteran




Rugby

So the last of the 3 consoles for the command bridge is nearing completion had a lot of fun the last few days with building these,,, if and when it stops raining will throw on some undercoat and then start picking out the detail in varied colours,
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Made in ca
Boosting Ultramarine Biker






Just fantastic stuff! So much detail and thought in your work.
   
Made in gb
Dakka Veteran




Rugby

Thanks Tommygunn,, I like to let my imagination run riot some days,,

So, still raining,, so no chance of painting today!!
3rd console is all finished, have an idea to make a clipboard or maybe a stack of old cd’s but will have to see,, had thought about making a Sony walk man and some scattered tapes ( I like star lord in guardians of the galaxy)
made a typical headset for the comms station out of copper wire and plastic bits to give it a further detail dimension. Pleased but now out of ideas for the rest of the ship,,,
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Made in gb
Dakka Veteran




Rugby

So to wrap up a productive week, it finally stopped raining long enough to get some primer on the coms console,,, thrown on some base colours and minor highlights tonight,, will see how it looks in proper light tomorrow. Also started on making some other small scenic bits for cameo’s that hints to other sci-fi shows that will be all over the visible area’s of this project,,,,
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Made in gb
Shas'la with Pulse Carbine






"and we shall call it... This land..."
Nice love the detail of the headset

My hobby ADHD, mostly Necromunda, with a splash of regular 40k... 
   
Made in gb
Dakka Veteran




Rugby

Cheers Guarding,,
Painting continued with the 2 nav desks getting similar treatment, to the comms workstation. This will just leave the 2 seat units that need a bit of tiding up before starting on painting. I’d forgotten how much of a steady hand is required when painting detail nearly bit my tongue off twice this evening,,,
Also been playing with canopy ideas but all have failed to get of the ground so it’s back to pen and paper to scribble out some rough ideas,,
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Made in ca
Boosting Ultramarine Biker






Alaricuk wrote:
Also started on making some other small scenic bits for cameo’s that hints to other sci-fi shows that will be all over the visible area’s of this project,,,,


Oh, shiny!

I'm a leaf in the wind, watch how I soar.....

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Made in gb
Dakka Veteran




Rugby

“ sure would be nice if we had some grenades!!!”

And with that quote bouncing round my head last night as I struggle with insomnia, got to thinking does my cargo bay need a wheeled quad ( Atalan jackles may be of help here) or do I go with a grav sled?
Good trolling through several web sites has given me some ideas as well as multiple ideas for palletised loads and container options,,, I had initially thought I’d make the bay 12” in length but it maybe growing a bit to accommodate all my ideas.

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Made in us
[DCM]
Boom! Leman Russ Commander





United States

Marvelous work all around!

There probably needs to be a dagget roaming aboutm possibly with a small child in tow....

"He fears his fate too much, or his desserts are small, who will not put it to a single touch; to win- or lose- it all."

Montrose Toast


 
   
Made in gb
Dakka Veteran




Rugby

Arh yes,,, the mechanised teddy bear

Think i need a face hugger and open egg under the deck plating somewhere as well!!

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Made in gb
Dakka Veteran




Rugby

So some good progress with the front end this week,, control bridge internal side coming on with minimum detail, cabin roof taking shape but not decided if I should mount a lazer turret for defence or satellite coms gear on top
still working on what to do with the window openings and cab shape at the very front, tried a couple of thinks but they just failed again,,,not sure weather to go curved or angular???
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Made in us
[DCM]
Boom! Leman Russ Commander





United States

This build continues to be jaw-dropping in its execution and complexity as you progress!

Satcom gear or las-turret- depends on what you see this ship purposed for: if a merchantman/Survey/Scout/Family runabout, then probably satcom gear. Fringe Trader/military/Space Coast Guard, then las-turret. Either offers the possibility of a ladder for the crewman to climb to get up into the 'bubble' to operate wither the gun or the antenna array (not that we don't have switches and cable runs for that sort of thing.)

In the same vein, this is a spacefaring vessel of the far future: where da rivets at?

Just kidding!

"He fears his fate too much, or his desserts are small, who will not put it to a single touch; to win- or lose- it all."

Montrose Toast


 
   
Made in gb
Dakka Veteran




Rugby

Cheers Meer_cat, was thinking local/internal system cargo and passenger hauler, so not warp capable and definitely not a military transport bristling with weapons. have the idea it would have lite defence capability, under nose and aft top mounted laz,,,
The bubble was going under the nose as the forward defence position but it just didn’t feel right, and then when I threw it down with a loss of temper it landed on the cabin and thought,, that don’t look half bad!!!! Then realised it looked like something out of the early Flash Gordon tv series and was sold on it,,,
   
Made in gb
Gargantuan Great Squiggoth





Not where I should be

Such wonderful detail. Excellent quality work.




 
   
Made in gb
Dakka Veteran




Rugby

I lost the year!!!!

Life doesn’t always go to plan and as we get older, time definitely seems to pass more quickly with the river of gakky situations coming in short succession,,,in short a very stressful year with family, dealing with more than usual churn of life, child physical and mental illnesses, the inevitable loss of older family members, and the surprising loss of friends, meant my head needed a holiday and the creative juice just stopped so nothing got touched.

Started to pick things up a few weeks ago and have made some progress that has gone well enough to share. Hauler nose work has began and this has been a source of lots of paper scribbles before cutting plastic, using the plastic contemptor dreadnought gun as a focal point, then started to work backwards to wards the cock pit area. Built another crew terminal for the forward gunner position and “sunk” it at the forward cockpit area. The main body has had the communal area floor installed, as well as the detailing on one of the positional landing thrusters, not sure how much of this will be visible once finished but it was fun to work on,,, so that’s it for now, going to keep chipping away at things and updates will follow
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Otiose in a Niche






Hyderabad, India

Welcome back, hope 2025 brings you better things.

 
   
Made in us
[DCM]
Boom! Leman Russ Commander





United States


This already looks like fun- rock on!

"He fears his fate too much, or his desserts are small, who will not put it to a single touch; to win- or lose- it all."

Montrose Toast


 
   
Made in gb
Dakka Veteran




Rugby

Cheers both,

Been tinkering a bit this evening and the nose plating is taking shape,, struggling on what’s needed to go over the top mount guns near the bulkhead, doesn’t look right as it is but a couple of things I’ve tried just looked equally as wrong,,, time for an internet search I think
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Stubborn Hammerer





Sweden

Wow, impressive!

   
Made in us
Hurr! Ogryn Bone 'Ead!





USA

Progress continues! Looking great.

Dunno if you found a solution for those guns. I guess maybe the AT-AT walker idea of them on the sides, not the top, or perhaps undermounted?

Guard, Templars, Dungeons & Dragons, Terrain & More. - https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/800909.page

Way too little free time. 
   
Made in gb
Dakka Veteran




Rugby

Cheers Both,

I have an under nose twin linked lax cannon already, it’s the pesky top nose mounted ones that causing issues. Will have to remind myself of the at-at arrangement as I currently am completely stuck with it,,,
Which means over the Christmas period I got and old project back out to work on. Relatively simple Taurox and diecast 1/50 scale trailer conversion to artic unit with twin wheeled tank trailer,, lots of kit bash and scratch build
On this which has been really good fun while I’ve been off work, will get some pictures up later,,
   
Made in gb
Dakka Veteran




Rugby

A couple of quick pics,
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Made in gb
Dakka Veteran




Rugby

So as I lost track of the clock last night as having way too much fun with this project, didn’t get the time to post my progress on my trailer, core left hand side underframe detail complete, rivets and handles is about all that’s left I feel, will start in the other side today at some point.
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